Sebastian Troncoso | Searcharxiv

arXiv2017

Scarcity of finite orbits for rational functions over a number field

Let $ϕ$ be a an endomorphism of degree $d\geq{2}$ of the projective line, defined over a number field $K$. Let $S$ be a finite set of places of $K$, including the archimedean places, such that $ϕ$ has good reduction outside of $S$. The article presents two main results: the first result is a bound on the number of $K$-rational preperiodic points of $ϕ$ in terms of the cardinality of the set $S$ and the degree $d$ of the endomorphism $ϕ$. This bound is quadratic in terms of $d$ which is a significant improvement to all previous bounds on the number of preperiodic points in terms of the degree $d$. For the second result, if we assume that there is a $K$-rational periodic point of period at least two, then there exists a bound on the number of $K$-rational preperiodic points of $ϕ$ that is linear in terms of the degree $d$.

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arXiv2017

Bound for preperiodic points for maps with good reduction

Let $K$ be a number field and let $ϕ$ in $K(z)$ be a rational function of degree $d\geq 2$. Let $S$ be the places of bad reduction for $ϕ$ (including the archimedan places). Let $Per(ϕ,K)$, $PrePer(ϕ, K)$, and $Tail(ϕ,K)$ be the set of $K$-rational periodic, preperiodic, and purely preperiodic points of $ϕ$, respectively. The present paper presents two main results. The first result gives a bound for $|PrePer(ϕ,K)|$ in terms of the number of places of bad reduction $|S|$ and the degree $d$ of the rational function $ϕ$. This bound significantly improves a previous bound given by J. Canci and L. Paladino 2014. For the second result, assuming that $|Per(ϕ,K)| \geq 4$ (resp. $|Tail(ϕ,K)| \geq 3$), we prove bounds for $|Tail(ϕ,K)|$ (resp. $|Per(ϕ,K)|$) that depend only on the number of places of bad reduction $|S|$ (and not on the degree $d$). We show that the hypotheses of this result are sharp, giving counterexamples to any possible result of this form when $|Per(ϕ,K)| < 4$ (resp. $|Tail(ϕ,K)| < 3$).

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